March 9, 2018, 8:20 a.m.

Michael Lee Firkins is about to start his European Tour in support of his new studio release Knock On Wood. Accompanied by Markbass artist Barend Courbois on bass and Chris Siebken on drums, the trio will be playing in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and UK.

Michael Lee Firkins is about to start his European Tour in support of his new studio release Knock On Wood. Accompanied by Markbass artist Barend Courbois on bass and Chris Siebken on drums, the trio will be playing in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and UK.

Markbass artist Teymur Phell and composer Jim Kalbach have co-authored an exciting new resource on jazz walking bass entitled Killer Walking Bass. A must-have book to help jazz bassists extend their style!
It is available via Amazon and CreateSpace.

October 2017 Markbass top-artist Alain Caron will have a series of concerts and clinic in Italy, supported by Mark World, feat. DV Mark artist Ciro Manna on guitar, Alessandro Scialla on piano/keyboards and Antonio Muto on drums.

Markbass top-artist Stu Hamm will be on tour in Europe this Oct and Nov with his band, feat. Jack Gardiner on guitar and Craig Blundell on drums, playing the music that he recorded with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Allan Holdsworth, Eric Johnson... as well as his own hits!

"I've been working on a killer bass amp with Marco De Virgiliis and his team in Pescara, Italy. Hung out with them this past June and went over EVERYTHING to make sure we got this just right...woofers, tweeters, EQ. I think you're gonna love it. Check this out!"
—Marcus Miller—

Markbass creator Marco de Virgiliis talks with Markbass top-artist Marcus Miller about his company philosophy, as well as of their collaboration in the development of the Markbass Marcus Miller Signature line.